Awareness about cervical cancer in rural and urban populations of haryana

This survey was conducted on one thousand female participants (500 rural and 500 urban), with an aim to evaluate level of existing knowledge as well as the practices related to cervical cancer among rural and urban regions of northern India. The information on knowledge of participants on symptoms, risk factors of cervical cancer such as age, marital status, abortion history, pregnancy history, age at menarche, menstrual status, personal sexual history etc. was collected. Increasing awareness and offering health education can profoundly reduce the cost of detecting cervical cancer in its early stages This data is valuable for researchers that aim to do comparative studies, meta-analysis on awareness about risk factors,symptoms and other practices related to cervical cancer.

本调研面向1000名女性参与者（其中农村、城市各500名）开展，旨在评估印度北部农村与城市地区人群对宫颈癌（cervical cancer）的现有认知水平及相关行为实践。本次调研收集了参与者对宫颈癌症状、风险因素的认知相关信息，其中风险因素涵盖年龄、婚姻状况、流产史、妊娠史、初潮年龄、月经状况、个人性生活史等。提升认知水平并开展健康教育，可大幅降低宫颈癌早期筛查的成本。本数据集对于旨在开展宫颈癌相关风险因素、症状认知及其他行为实践的比较研究与元分析（meta-analysis）的研究人员而言具有重要价值。